The Difference Maker: Half a Hero

Todd believes he was meant to be a hero. His powers are not so sure. He can fly about fifteen feet, his speed burns out after thirty seconds, and only one of his arms is strong, which becomes a problem almost immediately. When he arrives at a bank robbery already out of breath and two minutes late for a dramatic entrance, the crowd does not treat him like help. They treat him like content. He flies into a street sign. He stops a car at the wrong angle. He uses his speed too early and spends the rest of the chase jogging behind the suspect while strangers livestream it. Somebody in the crowd yells that he has demo powers, and the whole street laughs. Then Todd stops trying to look like a hero and starts using what he has. Fifteen feet becomes positioning. Thirty seconds becomes timing. One arm becomes precision. It is messy and it works. Afterward a man looks at the wreckage, then at Todd, and says: you kind of did that.